Karim advises board members and CEOs to take effective decisions on the telco transformation journey.

Karim is the Managing Partner of Arthur D. Little Austria and leads the TIME practice globally. He has 20 years of experience with ADL in the telecommunication area. He previously worked with a leading global telecom supplier.

In Arthur D. Little, Karim has worked on multiple key assignments:

Karim just finalized for the Austrian government a 5G study covering the economical impact and requirements to make the country an EU leader – sponsors were the 3 CEOs of each MNO

He supported several telcos in their digital transformations

He was in charge of several fixed-mobile convergence projects and designed future-proof operating models accordingly

He has a strong track record in transforming telecom operators and defending their newly designed strategies in front of the board

He has worked on several projects assessing vendor capabilities with new technologies and supported operators in developing their sourcing strategies

He is regularly a partner in charge of IoT projects – assessing market potential, rethinking the ecosystem and partnership models

Beyond his assignments, Karim is a jury member of several innovation awards in Europe, MENA and the US, i.e., evaluating the best ideas and proposals submitted by multiple stakeholders several times a year: telcos, vendors, etc.

Karim holds an a MSc, MBA and PhD.

Past Experience

Ericsson (before 1997)

Product Manager

University of Technology in Vienna

Assistant Professor (Univ. Ass.)

Education

Vienna University of Technology

PhD, Mechanical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry

Webster University (AT)

MBA, International Business and Marketing

Polytech Orléans, France

MSc, Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, with a master’s thesis at UC Berkeley